Adobe Town & Salt Wells Fall 2013 Gather

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Gather operations have officially concluded

Adobe Town & Salt Wells Creek Herd Management Areas

Dates: Thursday, November 22 - Wednesday, December 4, 2013.

Gather: An estimated 700 wild horses will be gathered from both HMAs and approximately 586 excess horses will be removed. Roughly 114 mares and studs are expected to be returned to the Complex. All mares released will be treated with the fertility control vaccine.

Treat & Release: Approximately 57 mares will be treated with the fertility-control vaccine Porcine Zona Pellucida (PZP) and released back into the HMAs.

Appropriate Management Level: Approximately 851 wild horses will remain in the HMAs, which is the low appropriate management level (AML) for this herd complex. AML is the point at which the herd’s population is consistent with the land’s capacity to support wild horses in balance with other public rangeland uses and resources.